Reconstruction:Proto-Bantu/jòngó

This Proto-Bantu entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Bantu

Noun

*jòngó class 9 (plural *njòngó class 10)

1. brain

Descendants

• Sawabantu
  • Duala (A24): bôngô
• Northeast Bantu:
  • Great Lakes Bantu
    • Luganda (J15): obwongo
    • Nande (J42): obóngo
    • Tooro (J12): obwongo
    • Nyankole (J13): obwongko
    • Nyole (Uganda) (J35): obwongo
    • Gwere (J17): bwongo
    • Gungu (J101): b̯wongu
    • Haya (J22): obwôngo
    • Ikizu (J402): ubhwongo
    • Jita (J25): omwongô
    • Rwanda-Rundi (J61/62): ubwonko
    • Kabwa (J405): obhoongo
• Sabi
  • Bemba (M42): ubongo
• Njila
  • Kimbundu (H21): uongo
  • Umbundu (R11): owoño